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COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15. 1840. NUMBIJU 51. VOLUME XXX. PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCOTT, At three Dollart a year, Invarlubly tti advance. Twice a week during tht Station the Legitlnturt, and tfeektt Ike remainder ( the near. j ortlrs an State ilrc-et, Two dnora Weal of the Clinton Bank. FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1840. "BOYS, DO YOU HEAR THAT?" Harrison and Reform are threatened with annihila-tinn at the Charier Election! Tlieoffie-hold res expect to find us napping But we trust a good account will be given of the enemy, We shall have lo go into thia battle without the aid of the gallant Whigs of the township and we shall have to . get along without a large vote from our German friends, whose residence does not give them a vote yet at our municipal election. But, notwithstanding this, we are willing to trust the defence of the city to the Harrison boys, who always stand ready, like Old Tippecanoe himself, to give the enemy "one fire more!" The officeholders are busy, holding meetings and keeping open houui, whero strong drink is offered to freemen in exchange fur their votes! Will such meana succeed? Never they undervalue the intelligence of the people. The hard eider boys will he ready! THE "DECEPTION." If it were in our power to please the Statesman and tell the truth, we would do it. But we have no hope of that so "good Master Gobo, you must e'en take it as it comes." That lying prim insists upon it that we did not give the lest rote in Franklin. Will the editor admit that Ihere was an election there at alii If he will, we think we can accommodate hitn any way he may desire. We claimed nn average majority of SO, but look the Treasurer as the teit, because our friends in Franklin told us it was so, which gave us a majority nl 59. Does tho editor suppose we can take his word for any thing where there are conflicting statements or the least motive for falsehood? But we will take die vote for Clerk, which stood 1 58 to 92, giving us Keen more than on treasurer! I here was no splitting of votes here. The average majority fur Trustees was 51, one mora than we claimed in the township. Now we are w illing the organ should take the least majority, and work out his problem un it to wit: If a gain of 30 in March, by which the Tories get 12 majority, multiplied by the 1200 townships in the State, will ;ve them a clear gain of 42,200 how long at this rate will it lake to attain the maximum? The wail about Montgomery is still more grievous he "slops his press" to send out an antidote, that is, a denial of the facte, without proof. Why had he not prepared his statement before the Journal was issued? lie complains of our test vote again : Let hitn take that of Clerk, where it stood 734 to 213, giving us 571 majority, one more than we claimed on the Trea' surer! But says the Organ (we like the phrase, fur the Statesman can play a (uneto suit the occasion) "Ihere was not a ticket on the ground for our candi dales until 200 or 300 voles had been polled " ! Very Well we have not said thero was. And this fact hows the real stale of the case: Their organization was perfect they had held their meetings and drilled for the battle, expecting to take the Whigs by stir prise. On the morning of tho election, when our friend went to the polls, they were told that there was no contest, and they commenced erasing the names of Trustees and other candidates to save the Inspectors the trouble of canvassing, until some 00 ballots had been deposited when the enemy rallied and the trick was discovered ! That this is so, is demonstrated from (lift fact that 1 1 io average for Trustees was 8 lea than iho vole for Clerk and yet, on this ticket, the Whigs carried the snug average majority of 500 ! To this may he added the fact, that the whole number of Voles polled in the township and city was within about fifty of Ihe number giveu at the general election last full. The absentee were nolo Van Buien men, judging from paslexpeiicnce. We have been thus particular, for Ilia purpose of pulling our friend and the public on their guard al the outset. They must not expect us to follow the Statesman and correct all its falsehoods our time would be wholly taken up, if we should attempt it, We have exposed lie No. 1, about our local elections: ths series w ill be regular, and will now be understood. Mr. Davis' Speech. The publication of this speech is commenced in to-day's paper. We hardly know how lo spare tho room for it, but il is demanded by the people, and this is a call we never turn a deaf ear to. Judge White's Letter to his constituents will soon appear in our Kxiu. This excellent and luminous exposition has been In type ever since February it will prove none the worso for keeping. When il shall appear, we bespeak for il an attentive perusal from ill who have not read it. Several Legislative documents and laws have been laying on our table for weeks, awaiting their turn; but as yet we have not been able to reach them. This is the case witli several aoiumunications, both in prose and verse, and also Ihe proceedings of several meet ings of our friends. The current matter of Ihe day has thrown them back. Had we twice the space of our present sheet, we could fill it profitably. Wo thereforo bespeak the patient forbearance of our correspondents and readers. The remarks nf Mr. Clay on the Cumberland toad bill, will be read with attention. His reasoning is sound and patriotic worthy of ihe statesman and the occasion! hut il will bring down on Ihe author frenh torrents of abuse Fearless independence, regardless ol personal consequences, is a leading trail in Mr. Clay's character; and no selfish consideration has ever yet been known to stand in the way of his duty to ihe whole country. Knowing ihia, we ran appre ciate his motives in the vole he has given though, as cilitens of Ohio, we deeply regret the necessity that forced It upon him. The West look lo Mr. Clay as their friend nor have ihey ever looked in vain. His pulley is as broad as the bounds of the Union, endenr ing hitn alike lo the East and the West, the North and the South. When the present elnrm passes away when tho malign influences that now rest upon Ihe country, brnring it down in Ihe dust, and wneling its energies in partisan attacks, shall have been removed, then the policy of Mr. Clay ihe noble champion uf pnpulnr liberty and equal government will come in lo the relief of the country and Iho reiuvigoration of her councils anew. J7Senator Buchanan, of "Cuba standard" notoriety, in anticipation of the hard currency era, has sold nearly all his real estate, and others are following in his footsteps. This calls to mind Ihe fable of Ihe dog and Ail shadow. THE PROSPECT. Frequent inquiries are made of us by friends from different quarters, about the state of parties in particular States, and our prospect of success in the great struggle against the office-holders. We have looked over the whole ground carefully, and for the purpose of answering these inquiries, as well as to place our own opinion on record, we have prepared the following statement of the probable result of the approaching Presidential canvass. The States are classed under three heads: those set down as doubtful, are so placed because there has not yet been furnished, by any public expression, that kind or evidence on which we are willing to rely for a positive opinion. Most of them we feel a moral conviction will be found on the side of Reform, on the day of trial; but we are content lo leave them open as debateable ground for th present. GATHERINGS OF THE PEOPLE. BELMONT COUNTY. An immense mealing of the People of the Reserve The St. Clairaville Chronicle of 7th, says "Eve- took place in Portage county, at Ravenna, on the 3d ry Whig that was run for an office in this township. inst. It is estimated that FIVE THOUSAND vo- on Monday last, was Iriumphantly elected." This ters were in attendance. Delegations were preaent township has always been loeo-foco by from 30 lo CO from Trumbull, Geauga, Cuyahoga, and Stark coun- eltong. tios. The scene is described ae thrilling and enlhu- CUYAHOGA COUNTY. siaatic. The spirit of the People is roused, and loud A postcript in the Cleveland Herald of the Clh, an- shouls went up for Harrison, Tyler and Corwin ! nounees a glorious "Victory" io that township. Vote Flags, Music, curious devices and moltos, graced the for Justice only canvassed Whig majority 132! The procession. The multitude assembled in Ihe open air, Looos, smarting under their defeat al the charter eleo and was addressed by MessrB. Folger, Turner, Foot, tion.hadpromised to redeem the township. The Her- Keller. Ford and Sill GKORGE KIRKUM. ESQ., aid calls Ihia "Glnrv mmnijh for au dav ! " presided. The Reserve is coming the descendants Fur Reform. Ohio, Kentucky INew-York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode-Island, New-Jersey, Maryland,-Delaware, Indiana, Louisiana, - I note, Michigan, Fur Ihe Office-holders. 21 South-Carolina, 11 UCeorgia, 11 42 Arkansas, - 3 11 Mississippi, 4 7; Missouri, - - 4 8 Maine, 10 4iNew-Haiuphir, 7 10! 50 3i Doubtful. "Virginia, - - 23 5 Pennsylvania, 30 5, Tennessee, 15 3 Alabama, 7 North-Carolina, 15 154 90 Whole numherof votes, 294 necessary lo a choice, 118. The table above elects Gen. Harrison, and six to spare. From Ibis statement of Ihe result, we are not disposed to make tho least deduction. But of tho Stales set dor n as doubtful, suppose Virginia, or Pennsylvania, or any one of them, should move out of position and assume a positive stand for Reform, where from our list of certain States can the enemy supply Ihe loss? Not one of ihem can be shaken in their al liance, if the Whigs but barely do their duty and that we believe thry will do! Of the doubtful States, Mr. Van Buren does not stand as good a chance of se curing either of them, as he does of luting Georgia, should the Slate Rights party lake the field in foice. And if either of the large Stales put down as doubtful, should change position in favor of Ifarriton and Re form, Ihe die will be cast, and Mr. Van Buren will have Ihe mortification of being beat nlmoat without a how of strength. What a motive for exertion for perseverance for union, is here presented ! "A long pull, i strong pull, and a pull altogether," and the country is once more free! Too seldom, in these days, do we meet with such gratifying instances of honesty of purpose, and honorable opposition, as we find in Ihe following extract from Ilia Charleston Courier, an Administration paper. Amid the blackness of ingratitude that characterizes the great body of the Administration press, towards one who periled life, and endured the privations and hardships of war, to perpetuate Ihe liberty which they thus abuse; amid the cloud of evil genii thai cluster nround the name of Harrison, and cuii-centrale their powers of darkness in the unholy effort tu dim the fair fame he has lo well and so dearly earned, such examples shino out conspicuously, receiving additional lustre from the roulrast, and making more apparent the baseness of those who, for parly purposes, tax their ingenuity to slander one who is entitled to their gratitude Hear an honest man : "It has been rendered manifest, we trust, by our course hitherto, that we are not among those who, merely because we favor anulher candidate for tho Presidency, would villify Gen. Harrison, misrepresent liis views, or robhim if the laureli he earned to well, iy hie skill and prowess in the wan of our republic, both against the rulhtcu saraue and the haughty Itritnn, or the eirie wreath to which he htu to well entitled himself by hit eminent services in the civil line. We declare, in all sincerity of heart, that it affords us pleasure lo do jusiice lo Gen. Harrison. It is with graiifted, and not with reluciant feeling, therefore, that we open our columns lo the vindication of that tried and veteritn patriot against any charge affecting his fame." of the Pilgrims are buckling on their armour to do battle once more for the Rights of Man and Free Govern ment! MEETING AT ST. CLAIRSVILLE. Tin Wheeling Times of Ihe 7th, gives Ihe follow ing cheering account of the great meeting of ihe Peo ple of Belmont, on this side of the river, on the 4th, "exceeding any thing of the kind lhat has ever been seen in this section of the country. We have heard Ihe crowd estimated at from six to ten thousand, perhaps even more than Ihe last number were present. In MAKE llOOM FOR FAYETTE! Washinoton, Fayette Co. April 7. Dti Sib: Our election returns are in, being very large vote. The lines were lightly drawn in ev. ery township, particularly in this one (the head and front of locoism for thia county,) and the result is a complete rout of loco-focoism in every township in the county. The aggregate majority is about 200 the greatest gains in Ihe loco towns. What is remarkable, is the fact lhat the turn out on the part of the Whigs was voluntary; not a single meeting being (he procession 1200 men on horseback were couBted, held in the townships previous to the election, while our opponents had theirs in every township the week before Ihe election. LICKING COUNTY. " Nkwark, April 8, 1840. Dear Sia: Our township election on Monday last, in which til party lines were fully drawn, (tickets regularly nominated by each) shows a change since 1828 (Ihe last test vote in the township) of 2110 votes. The township polled 800 votes, and for Trus- aim ...Main nd ipr,ilil0 overthrow of majority in our Jnvor u al .' Accounts are equally favorable from other townships. So we go. I do not say we shall carry the county in October; H A Tin ISO V AT HOME' thr TEST' u' present appearanees are not deceptive, the The Cincinnati News of the 7lh, chronicles Ihe """'J must be revolutionized. and about one hundred well filled wagons and carria ges, besides the thousands upon thousands on foot. The procession was over two mile long, four deep. The meeting was addressed by several different per sona at the same time flags were waving in almost every house the windows were open, and the ladies were waving their handkerchiefs therefrom, and the whole village waa rilled w ith one enthusiastic im pulse towards the support of the Republican candidate for the presidency." These movements point to hut one reaul epoilers. "Glorious Triumph" of Harrison and Reform in Cincinnati, There were, says Ihe News, about 4,600 voles polled on yesterday, a greater number, if our recollection is right, than was ever given in this city before, not excepting the Presidential election of 1836. "We are aware thai thia election, although of a local character, has been looked to with intense interest, in every part of Ihe Union, as affording some evidence of the popularity of Gen. Harrison at home. The test was reluctantly made, by the friends of Old Tip In haste, yours, etc. STARK COUNTY. Canton, MrilT, 1810. To the Editor of the Journali Sii, A few days since, tht Whigs of Canton township resolved that wecoud and would beat the Vauites in their own den, at lite corporation and township elections and we leave dune it ! On Ihe 4th inst. ws carried every one of the 4 Wards elected pecanoe, because Ihere were many candidates on Ihe Johl! E,1" Mayor Whig Recorder and Van Buren ticket, that were unexceptionable, as to character and qualifications fur office. The result is, that Ihe average majority for "Old Tippecanoe," is SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SIYTY-THREE in Cincinnati, being nearly SEVEN HUNDRED more Whig Councilines, by a majority of 10. Yesterday, too, we carried our entire township ticket by an aver age majority of 30! The cause of old Tip is going on well in old Stark, changes are taking place daily, and we have strong than he had for President, and three hundred and fifty hor in October, of being able to give him a majori. more than has been given at any previous election for the last eight years." MORGAN COUNTY. Extract of a letter dated McConnelsville, April 7th: "Yesterday we held our township elections, and in this place Ihe Whigs tilmiiphed .j SO majority- whereas heretofore this township has been Van Buren. I'lio Vans were all confident till tho votes were counted offered to bet any thing lhat they should beat: But they have tasted the first of Ihe bitter fruit Ihey are destined lo taste more of in Ihe fall. We have heard of two heretofore Van Buren townships, lhat gave heavy Whig majorities yesterday. The Van Buren We shall shortly have a Log-Cabin up. Yours, in hasle. "MAINE 13 COMING." This is Ihe cry from our friends in Maine. And from lbs changes indicated by the leturns of the town elections, we are almost inclined lo think so too. But we have pul Iter duwn TWy In our estimate of Ihe grand result published to-day, and we shall let her remain there for Ihe present. Such, however, is the spread of the Harrison fire lhat we ahould not be sur prised to see Maine turn her back on ihe spoilers on Ihe day of trial and triumph. V Mr. John C. Hull exhibited to ns, Ihe other men have all got their heads in holes to day, and d,y , beautiful, blooming specimen of Rhododendron DESPERATION. Mr. Speaker Buchanan, in a instigation of his political friends for hesitating to carry out the principles of the parly in the repeal of Bank charters, declared lhat he did not flinch from Ihe responsibility, but waa prepared lo go for the unqualified and unconditional repeal of the charier of any Bank, or all Ihe Banks in the Stale, thai had transgressed Ihe law or violated its eharler; and as related to the repeal of the charter then under discussion, said "Ae would vote fcr it, if it shook Ihe whole mass of the Stale!" In perfect character willi this declaration, is Ihe spirit of Ihe following very sensible and politic resolutions, selected from. I number which are consistently similar, adopted by i club in Faitfield county: Resolved, That wo considor It a most odious di grace, and an evidence uf a mean ruid penurious principle, for a man nine lo forsake Ihe Democratic parly and support the Whig party because the only argument used by ihe Whigs why he should do so, is an appeal to ins fmekeh Jlesulnrd, I hat we will, as heretofore, take our stand. and that as boldly as ever, in Ihe political ranks, from principle let who will enlial on the dollar and caul system. Our Party, right or wrong!" is Ihe language of ihese political desperadoes. The resolutions are taken precisely as published in Ihe Ohio Eagle. PROSPECT FOR TAX-PAYERS. In the town of Bristol, Ontario county, N. Y. (heep- have been sold for one shilling a head (12) cents) to-pay firm. In Ohio, the Bank Reformers are driving uul nf circulation what little currency we had, and have forbid Ihe county Treasurers receiving what maybe left of il next fall for our taxes. What glorious limes the hard-mm.ey Office-holder, will have bs shaving ihe People and buying their cattle, when th time comes round to pay ihem their salaries! lI7The Legislature of Michigan adjourned on Ihe lal inat. The spirit of evil waa strong in the minority, and msnifested itself down lo the last hour of Ihe sesaion. The Tories, in the Senate, took advantage of the temporary ahsenre of some of the Whigs, and adjourned, without sending the usual messages, leav ing the House in session, and one or two important hills still in the hands of the Govcrnour. J Xew Republic The leaders of the re volulion in the northern provinces of Mexico, have formed a provisional government and declared themselves Independent of the central government. Thi s new rcpub lie bounds on the Rio Grande, which name Ihe republic has taken. Its territory adjoins an d lies southwest of Texas, embracing the richest gold, silver and copper mines of Mexico. This moveme nt will open i new sliugglo in which tho Anglo-Saxon race will let so important part. tbinklliat they are hid," McConnelsville, it will be remembered, is the place where Guv. Shannon first broke ground fur the cam paign, a few days ago. His arguments seem to have fallen on the barren ground. We shall have some-thing more lo say about this visitation, in which Mr Auditor Brough will appear in no enviable position PICKAWAY COUNTY. A letter from Circleville, April 7th, slates the Whig gain in that township and one other, at 220! In West- f.ill the Log Cabin Boys carried Ihe day by 216 last fall the Van Buren majority was 92! Pick-a-way "she hath a way keep moving! ROSS COUNTY. In Scioto township, including the cily of Chillico- Arboreum llybriduml species of the Laurel. We recommend the lovers of rare and beautiful shrub and flowers lo give him I call. Ma. Editor: I find ihe following in ihe Statesman of Ihe 3d inst. in reference lo the Post-Office at Rey- noldsburg: "Why was the Post-Oflice al Reynoldsburg uiriby the Whigs of this cily, if not to difraud the revenue? A Whig of this cily admits that their parly recently mailed 20,000 Whig Circulars at Reynoldsburg! Were ihey franked, or were they charged with letter postage!" No Win;; "r '""I hint so: and 1 pronounce the editor of Ihe Statesman I base and unprincipled liar, and dare him to the proof that such i statement was the. Whig majority 927 gain from last year 160! made lo him; and if he says thai I trtr franked a po-Jloth panics called out their entire strength, lilical document, he is the father of liars. I dare - . Creen majority for Harrison and Reform, 99. him to Ihe proof. Last fall, Ihe Van Buren Senator had a majority of 64. Liberty. For the first time, the Whigs have elected sua officer in this township the Van Buren majority for ilia balance of their ticket is one. Heretofore their majoiiiy has ranged from CO lo 100! No seri ous strife in any other townships, 1000 for Old Ross! JAMES C. REYNOLDS. Reynoldsburg, April 9, 1810, SCIOTO COUNTY. A letter lo the editor of ihe Scioto Gaieltc, dated at JcITord's, April 7, says "We had our township election yesterday, and the township gave 77 votes, The Whigs had 53 and Ihe Vanilrs 24. All Ihe vol ra wore present but eight; four on each side. Here ofore, the Vans have Always had from 10 lo 15 ma jority!" MIAMI COUNTY. TO THE VOTERS OF COLI'.MIH'S. Gcnti.kmbn : Many citizens of Columbus desirous of testifying Iheir regard for their fellow ciliien. Our friends claim SAMUEL MEDARY, for the part he took in en deavoring to gel Ihe seal of Imvemment removed from Columbus, to some other point, would beg lenva lo . I ML'ltl r..t. . w nominate gam itir.Lrnivi mr mo oince ot mayor. We have no doom lie win till tlio situation with hon or In the parly, and advantage tohim'rlf. He will ceive ihe entire vole of Ine Slippery-Klin Club, asset- tied in Tin Pan. !.U I S Of VOTERS, ILLINOIS, Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Illinois, dated Mnrtn J I, IN4U. "The public mind now is full of two engrossing subjects Ihe Presidency and Ihe currency, and there is no doubt, I think, none whatever, of the vote Newberry, heretofore a strong Van Buren town, has of this Stale. It will go decidedly (nt Harrison. The elected Ihe Whig ticket by 40 majority. Last year 48 P'P' ,l" funU?' '"""'J "f ,l,e '"H-fabine, , .. .. , r , , , are for linn. 1 he only strength of Ihe parly in pow- for Ihe spoilers. In Concord, Staunton and Newton, ip, , , ,owl. nj is k , ffoin',yi ' h. ma oh, im i.hik in nr, it on licu, iuj rjruiru ispinng politician anu ine oiuce-noiuers; nut even its Van Buren rulers, and has elected every officer of in " towns, with very few rxrepiions, the Whiirs in . L i .1 i . , ihe corporaiio Whig. The Ball rolls on! v" ' " "J "" '""J"", i irayeieti, 1 " m lately, shiiul 300 miles in the Male, and slept slmoal i VTi iM ni.-iirPMi.Tii every niilhl in farm-houses; and sin able to lav. from in... ...;.i. ....... ; u:i. ' " .i observation and actual.knowledge, as well as from Ihe ..r. ..r.u. m,.c. .,.,...,,-. . ,., p,n,0M 0r others, lhat Illinois Isascer-agem was employed, Ihe Spoilers were routed in Day- ujn for old Tip, as Indiana or Ohio. A lo Ihe cur- ton by 198 majority. Last fall the Whig majority rency, things will get worse, until after Ihe election' was one. There waa never so large i poll made in ") lo talk ahonl belter time, until public ., l f . i i ' r confidence is restored. Nn Hank, no matter how sol- tne lowusnip oviore. i ne oince-noiuers were sure 01 , M . , i( . 1W.,.. . . i. ... 1 . vent, or how well II Is conducted, ean sustain itself victory, Doasiiug oetore me canvass inai tney nau gm ,,( ,),(. direct assaults nt Ihe Government, and Ihe iu 250 illegal voles! This will do for a beginning in distrust which this opposition creates in the public old Monlgomery. Push on Iho ball! 'l'h election of Harrison will n'slore this con- . fidence, and will enable the Banks toon to brini JEFFERSON COUNTY. about a more heallby stale of things. You have no The news from this county io cheering. Our friend 'll1 baiikni.l-y and distress whtrh have fallen . . . T ,. i upon this country. In Ohio, by a lowr fonrse of tiros- Wilson is in excesstve good humour mint resun, ano cmmi(y M ,f mon;Mt well he might he. The entire gain fur Harrison and l0 bear adversity; but here, young men came with I it. Reform in the county, as far as heard from, is llius sis- tie cspiial, great enterpiii, and good characters, and ted: ORGANIZATION OF THB FRANKLIN COUNTY "STRAIGHT-OUT TlPPECJUfOE CLUB." The members of the Club assembled yesterday, April 9, in the open yard, in rear of the Eagle Coffee House, Columbus, for Ihe purpose nf organization. A dense crowd was present, nl 4 o'clock. One of the members, the proprietor of the Esgle, had, with his usual kindness and foresight, provided a barrel of ex cellent "HAJtoCiDiR," for the refreshment of those in Itendanee. The generous liquor was imbibed from a ooohd. In Ihe centre ef Ihe yard stood the miniature of "Fort Meiob," kindly bestowed to the Harrison-men of Columbus by Ihe Wood county delegation, at the Convention of the 22d of February. Above it floated two magnificent digs one exhibiting Ihe Bird of Liberty, and Ihe other the glorious Stripes and Stars; The Fort was appropriated as a rostrum for Ihe orators and the officers ol the Club. The Club was then temporarily organized by the appointment of A. Stottk, as Chairman, and N. Gbso-onr, as Secretary. Eloquent addresses were then de livered ny Messrs. J. G. Miller, J. W. Andrews, and w. u. uoyd. Ihe followincr Manifesto, of the subscribed mem bers of the Club, was then read : " STRAIGHT-OUT TIPPECANOE CLUB." The undersigned, believing; that the alory and pros perity of the American nation imperiously demand a change in the Executive Department of the Govern ment, have associated themselves together, under the style and appellation of the " Franklin County bTHAioiiT-OuT 1 ippbcanoi Club! ' Their intention is lo support the election of General William Henry u r... ik. d. n,L. ii.:..j U.-.-.. ... .u,-ui, iui iiiv idBiucoujF ui iiiu uimeu t-miea, oil true, genuine, and unflinching "Straioht-Out" Democratic and Anti-Aristocratic principles. They honestly believe lhat General Harrison is the friend of the land of his birth, and that he has no partialities fur those, who, in the language of Jefferson, "think they have come into the world, ready booted and spurred, to ride the honest and industrious poor f " I ne members ol Ihe "Slraignl-Uul Tippecanoe Club" have no desire to seek or confer office. Their duty will he a plain one it will embrace the grand fundamental principle of our glorious Declaration of National Independence "that Americans are born free and equal." They will give all their energies to the ele vation of Ihe Hero of l innecanoe to Ihe Presidential Chair, because they deem him eminently qualified for Ihe station because they know him to be honest and becauae Ihey know and feel thai Ihe present Ad-ministration of Ihe American Government is corrupt, ami-democratic, and opposed to all the interests of the iiiuiisiriuui sno enterprising classes. The principles proposed for ihe government of the Club, during its existence, are those which govorned the patriots of the American Revolution. Those principles need neither exnlanation nor amtilification. They are understood and appreciated by every Ameri can pamoi wnnnas not sullered lua love ol country to receive contamination from the sordid and selfish aris tocracy which has essayed to rule the nation, and which would endeavor to prostrate industrious poverty at the footstool of unfeeling opulence. The mem bers of this Club have no aspirations for office. They love their country and thev believe that General Harrison, II elected, is fully competent to brinir their country back to its original simplicity and purily. Lnera ronows i list or soma two hundred names, which cannot be published in this number of the Journal Aote bu the Editor. The Secretary, fro fen., then read the following pro- poaeo pian oi a uoniiiiuuoo, which was unanimously ouvpieu. CONSTITUTION or Tin "STRAIGHT-OUT TIPPECANOE CLUB." 8iraishl-Oul" Democracy la loo honest in us char acter and too direct in its purposes to require a mass of laws for ila government. A few plain, sensible, ana energetic principles ol action are all that Is re- quiatie for the direction of the "Straight-Outs" of franklin County. Article 1. Ihe officers shall be a President, two Vice Presidents, one Recording, and one Corresnon ding Secretary. Art. 3. All meetings of Ihe Club shall be at its own discretion. At each convocation of the Club. Ihe time when and the plats where of Ihe next, shall be decided by vote. Art, J. Ihe rresideut, by and with the consent of the Club, shall appoint an Executive Committee of five, the duly or which Committee shall be lo make all Ihe arrangements for the procurement of Club rooms, and transact all other business necessary to the comfort and good order of the Club. The Chairman or this l.ommitlee shall, while he fills the station, act as ihe I rrasorer of the Club. An. 4. A Corresponding; Committee, of which the t. orreapoiiiling Secretary ol Ihe Club shall be Chair man, shall be appointed In like manner as ihe Execu tive Committee, Ihe duty of which shall be lo corres pond with other llubs and persons; convey and re ceive information, and report the amount of their do ings and their acquired Information on each meeting of Ihe Club. Art, 5. Ten members, being preaent at an aitreed meeting of Ihe Club, shall eonslilutt t quorum for the transaction of business. Art. 6. Any voter of Franklin county, who is "slraighl-oul" for Harrison, Tyler, Corwin and Re form, can become a member of Una Club by signing inn Lonslilullon. I'll perinsnent orgsniaation of the Club waa then decided by vote, and resulted in the appointment of the luituwing olltcers: President Geo. Ki.piiinostiiNI. Vice Presidents JnstPH Litay, A. Stotts, Recording Secretary Jamks Allin. Corresponding Secretary Oram Follstt. On motion the Club look a recess fur two hours, and reassembled at the Hole) nf Mr. Whitehead, at 7 o'clock, P. M., where the Club waa again addressed by J, U. Miller, A. Kelley, and followed by Jonathan Phillips. l;aq., in a speech or thrilling interest. I he I hnirman announced Ihe fnllowinp committees: Ereeutire Ciimmitlee N. Gregory, J. Neeramer, J. Phillip. S. McClelland. T. Y. Miles. t)irrnoniinir (.bmmii'ra U. rolled, t 1j. lasey, A. S, Case. The follewing resolution were then proposed, and unanimously adopted : Resolrrd, That a committee of six be appointed to request of John G. Miller, John W. Andrews, W. U, Lloyd, A. Kellry, and Jonathan Phillip, r.tq.'s, co pies or tho several addresses delivered ly mem, al the organization of th "Straight-fhtt Tippecanoe Club," ror publication. Hetatred, l hat the proceeding ol th orgauixatlon of the "Strainht-Uul Ttimicanoe Cluh," be published in Ihe papers of th cily of Columbus, and all other papers friendly lo the cause of Harrison, Tyler, Cor win, and Kelurin. lictolred, That the "Strnigkt-Out Tippecanoe Cluh" meet on Saturday next, Ilia I tin Inai., at Mr. Aainttel Desrdtirff s, in Franklintnn, at ro clock, P. M. On mritinn. the Plnb sdlnurned. GEO. EI.PHIXGSTONE, Pre,. Jawfs Ali.in, Ree. .vc. REMARKS OF MR. CLAY, ON AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CUMBERLAND ROAD. Steubeavills township, Islsnd Creek, Kinithfteld, Wayne, Walls, - - ISO 47 6) 91 48 391 Harrison gain, . . . Mo Harrison loss In any township heard from. The inarch i onwatd ! finding a cuunlry uf wonderful retuurce, largely en tered into business on credit lh revulsion nf th times has broken ihem nearly all up, and involved litem in dehls from which Ihey w ill perhaps never recover. Amidst this general dlalreas, it is ennaolatory to reflect, that an all-wia Provide controls the af fair or men, and that good will grow out of it, al though, at present, unsee by o. I have not th least douhl Hint nations, u well as individual. quir seasons of adversity to bring llwut to a ssui of inetr proper u-"ny, THE WE.yi'llER. Tho following has been furnished as an "accural account of Ihe weather" from the 28ih of October, 18.19, till the close of March, 1810: From the 88A of October lo the dote of December Fair, 93 days; rainy, 13; snowy, 14; cloudy without fall of any kind, 13. January Fair, 8 days; rumy, 6; snowy, 1 1; cloudy, without fall, 6. February Fair, 10 days;. rainy, 8 cloudy without fall except a few flakes of snow, H March Fair, ID days; rainy, 7; cloudy without fall, 5; snowy, 3, The ahov account Include 156 days, of which 63 hav been fair, 34 rainy, 88 knotty, and 31 cloudy without norm of an; kind. Mr. Clav, of Kentucky, wished to say a few, and very few word cm this bill, and to assign, briefly, his reason for th vote against it, at this time, which he leit himself compelled to giv. ne naa always believed, and still belisved, io th existence of a power in the General Government to provide for th construction of work of Internal Improvement; but he had never thought it expedient to create a national Debt, in order to provide the way and means lo con struct them. It waa only when it could be don without inconvenience to th Treasury, lhat he had been willing lo concur in appropriation to that object. Of late years, considering how much the Stale have done for themselves, and how much had been contri buted by the General Government, in aid of them, under the act distributing the surplus revenue among them, he, for one, was willing to waive the exercise nf the power in respect to canala and roads, especially it a law could he passed to dtsinnute the nett proceed of ihe sales of the public lands. That would supply a fund, in perpetuity, abundantly sufficient for all de sirable objects of Internal Improvement, since president Jackson veto ol the Maysvilla and Lexington Turnpike road which In fact was but-a section of on inn of the Cumberland road th-operation of the Constitution of the United Stales, a lo the construction of artificial roads, has been suspend ed in all psrts of Ihe United States, except io the three state ol Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois. We have had, in effect, two constitutions of the United' Stales, on for those three States, and another for Ihe rest of the Union. For I repeat, what I have before said, that the proposed appropriations lo Ihe Cumberland road-are wholly indefensible but upon tho ground of the existence of a general power in the Constitution, authorizing works of Internal Improvement. And so I understand Senators, immediately interested in thia bill, lo maintain. It has been contended, indeed, that' the United States, as a great land proprietor, ha av .power le open roads, with a view to the sale and enhancement of the value of their land, and so they have. But no one can, I think, allege, thai, if that were the object, a road so costly as this would be made, ur that it has in fact been constructed with that view. It has appeared to us on th southwest aide of the- Ohio river, very hard thai, under a common Consti tution, our neighbors on the northwest side could hav constitutionally appropriated lha public money to the object of erecting these roads, whilat it would be unconstitutional to apply it to our. Ws hav felt th . injustice ol being taxed to supply the means ot constructing the roads of others, without any reciprocal taxation ol Ihem to assist lu making our roads. I his inequality ha made me heretofore, sine th veto of th Maysville and Lexington turnpike road, vote with great reluctance for appropriations to th continuation of th Cumberland road. That reluctance was increased by a knowledge of the fact thai th very Slates, which see:' 'hit .xcloslV bene constantly maintained Ihe Admiuisralion which originated and inflicted thi inequality. Nay. more, a majority of their delegations has been always opposed to. a distribution of lite proccds or the sales or the publio lands, by which other Stales, as well as themselves, might hav acquired the requisite fundi to construct) their works. Perhaps, after that veto, I ought not to have voiedi ' for any appropriation to th Cumberland road until the general power was restored, or an equivalent obtained. Bull hav voted fur such appropriation, and would have coniinued, for a lime, to do so, if w had possessed the means, without going into debt, and Ifi itie president and the Secretary ot th Treasury had, recommended the appropriation. I ho secretary of Ihe I reasury presents the annual eslimstes for the service of ihe current year. That for HIV uuuiueilaiitf ludU IB flirt Al.lTfligat llirin. - Holil h and the President urge the observance of Ihe strioiest. economy. The President goes o far as to intimsto . th use of thst veto, which, instead cf being a power of occasional and extraordinary use, has been too frequently exercised. The Treasury is literacy empty;-and we are called upon to borrow money, as th issu of Treasury notes is called, to supply meana for th current expenses of the Government. It Is under these circumstances lhat we are asked' to appropriate $225,000 to the Cumberland Road; and to force Ihe appropriation npon th Executive against ill wishes, and against all Ihe motives to economy which exist, and which have been ao earnestly,, and I hops sincerely pressed upon our consideration. We of the opposition hav been accused unjustly,, by th friends ef th administration, with swelling ine annual expenditures ot th Uovernmsnl, which have certainly reached a most extravagant amount. If we concur in th psssag of thia appropriation, contrary to what I suppose lo be the deur of ihe sd- muiistrsiion, so far a it goes, shall we not give color lo lha accusation to which I have referred! If the friends of Ihe administration wish the bill passed, they. nave majorities in uotn nouses aulltclent to pas tl, Aiiotner consideration operates very strongly with me to disiuad me at Ihe preaent time, from concurring in Ihe passage of this bill; and lhat is the necessity which I think exists, for a thorough inveaiigstion into lha esusea of lh extraordinary expendllur upon- ' this roaa in innse states, and especially in Indiana. I understand that the road has cost thirteen or fourteen thousand dollar per mile. And, after all that ha been already expended upon the work, it ha heen staled lhat it will require seven or eight million of dollars to complete it as far as th river Mississippi, now, sir, tut astonishing expendllur requires a most rigorous examination. To what is it owingt' I' think il is not explained by the alleged tardinea or want ol appropriations, and a consequent necessity or repair. When the tree on the sue of the road sre felled and removed, and th road is graded by filling, up valleys and cutting down hillt that wo.'lttmiHS--main unaffected seriously, by any use or neglect of ine roau. i net rcpaira necessary, in consequence of: Ihe prematura uee of the roach, can only require a trifling expense compared tolhs original cost of grading il. There must be some other cause of the enormous xpendilur upon thi rosd, and before we nuke fur-- tner and lavnh appropriations lo that ohiect, that causa ought to be probed and certainly and carefully. msceriniueu. Why, air, tine I). veto of the Maysville and Lex ington Road, wa have in Kentucky made upon our own meana, between four and five hundred mile of,' Mc Adamlted turnpik ruad, at an average coal not ex ceeding, 1 believe, six thoassnd dollars par mile.- Why should a mile of that description of rosd cost- on the Northwest side of the Ohio river more than double what it does on the ether side! And that, too,, notwithstanding th difference in tli character of th lauor on lha two sides or th river. Assuming; lh distance between Wheeling and St, Louis lo b about six hundred miles, one-half nf Ihn sum of eight millions ot dollars, now saw to ne necessary to complete th road, afler all lh immense expenditures-which hav been made upon II, ought to be sufficient, according lo the rate of cost of such roads in Ken tucky, to construct th wnoi roaa, u not a iirok of. work had been executed apon U. Under all these circamststice, Mr. President, 1 cannot, at Ihia lime, vote for the appropriations proposed in this bill, whatever 1 might have been disposed to do il in a mora auspicious stale of publis affair. 1 think thai il will he better lo remit th whole subject lo lha administration of President Harrison. Under lhat, an investigation can be made into the cause of lh vast coal of thi rosd, and a proper corrective will, no doubt, be applied. And hi identity, throughout almost his whole life, with the interests of the-three Stslc mora directly interested in th rosd, will secure for It a jusl and liberal patronage, Whether that patronage ahould be extended by a direct grant from Ihe public Treasury, by a divisi n among ail lh Slate uf lh proceeds of th sales of the public lands,, or by other meana, will then be fit subject of enquiry. And we may rest in perfect court lenc that lh administration which, with the aid of ihe 1'eopls and wilh lh blessing of God, wiU commence on lh 4th dsy of Msreh, in ihe year of our Lord 1841, will do, iu respect to this road, whatever may b deinsnJed by lh interest of lh pirlisulas Slat and of th whol Union. i i

COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15. 1840. NUMBIJU 51. VOLUME XXX. PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCOTT, At three Dollart a year, Invarlubly tti advance. Twice a week during tht Station the Legitlnturt, and tfeektt Ike remainder ( the near. j ortlrs an State ilrc-et, Two dnora Weal of the Clinton Bank. FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1840. "BOYS, DO YOU HEAR THAT?" Harrison and Reform are threatened with annihila-tinn at the Charier Election! Tlieoffie-hold res expect to find us napping But we trust a good account will be given of the enemy, We shall have lo go into thia battle without the aid of the gallant Whigs of the township and we shall have to . get along without a large vote from our German friends, whose residence does not give them a vote yet at our municipal election. But, notwithstanding this, we are willing to trust the defence of the city to the Harrison boys, who always stand ready, like Old Tippecanoe himself, to give the enemy "one fire more!" The officeholders are busy, holding meetings and keeping open houui, whero strong drink is offered to freemen in exchange fur their votes! Will such meana succeed? Never they undervalue the intelligence of the people. The hard eider boys will he ready! THE "DECEPTION." If it were in our power to please the Statesman and tell the truth, we would do it. But we have no hope of that so "good Master Gobo, you must e'en take it as it comes." That lying prim insists upon it that we did not give the lest rote in Franklin. Will the editor admit that Ihere was an election there at alii If he will, we think we can accommodate hitn any way he may desire. We claimed nn average majority of SO, but look the Treasurer as the teit, because our friends in Franklin told us it was so, which gave us a majority nl 59. Does tho editor suppose we can take his word for any thing where there are conflicting statements or the least motive for falsehood? But we will take die vote for Clerk, which stood 1 58 to 92, giving us Keen more than on treasurer! I here was no splitting of votes here. The average majority fur Trustees was 51, one mora than we claimed in the township. Now we are w illing the organ should take the least majority, and work out his problem un it to wit: If a gain of 30 in March, by which the Tories get 12 majority, multiplied by the 1200 townships in the State, will ;ve them a clear gain of 42,200 how long at this rate will it lake to attain the maximum? The wail about Montgomery is still more grievous he "slops his press" to send out an antidote, that is, a denial of the facte, without proof. Why had he not prepared his statement before the Journal was issued? lie complains of our test vote again : Let hitn take that of Clerk, where it stood 734 to 213, giving us 571 majority, one more than we claimed on the Trea' surer! But says the Organ (we like the phrase, fur the Statesman can play a (uneto suit the occasion) "Ihere was not a ticket on the ground for our candi dales until 200 or 300 voles had been polled " ! Very Well we have not said thero was. And this fact hows the real stale of the case: Their organization was perfect they had held their meetings and drilled for the battle, expecting to take the Whigs by stir prise. On the morning of tho election, when our friend went to the polls, they were told that there was no contest, and they commenced erasing the names of Trustees and other candidates to save the Inspectors the trouble of canvassing, until some 00 ballots had been deposited when the enemy rallied and the trick was discovered ! That this is so, is demonstrated from (lift fact that 1 1 io average for Trustees was 8 lea than iho vole for Clerk and yet, on this ticket, the Whigs carried the snug average majority of 500 ! To this may he added the fact, that the whole number of Voles polled in the township and city was within about fifty of Ihe number giveu at the general election last full. The absentee were nolo Van Buien men, judging from paslexpeiicnce. We have been thus particular, for Ilia purpose of pulling our friend and the public on their guard al the outset. They must not expect us to follow the Statesman and correct all its falsehoods our time would be wholly taken up, if we should attempt it, We have exposed lie No. 1, about our local elections: ths series w ill be regular, and will now be understood. Mr. Davis' Speech. The publication of this speech is commenced in to-day's paper. We hardly know how lo spare tho room for it, but il is demanded by the people, and this is a call we never turn a deaf ear to. Judge White's Letter to his constituents will soon appear in our Kxiu. This excellent and luminous exposition has been In type ever since February it will prove none the worso for keeping. When il shall appear, we bespeak for il an attentive perusal from ill who have not read it. Several Legislative documents and laws have been laying on our table for weeks, awaiting their turn; but as yet we have not been able to reach them. This is the case witli several aoiumunications, both in prose and verse, and also Ihe proceedings of several meet ings of our friends. The current matter of Ihe day has thrown them back. Had we twice the space of our present sheet, we could fill it profitably. Wo thereforo bespeak the patient forbearance of our correspondents and readers. The remarks nf Mr. Clay on the Cumberland toad bill, will be read with attention. His reasoning is sound and patriotic worthy of ihe statesman and the occasion! hut il will bring down on Ihe author frenh torrents of abuse Fearless independence, regardless ol personal consequences, is a leading trail in Mr. Clay's character; and no selfish consideration has ever yet been known to stand in the way of his duty to ihe whole country. Knowing ihia, we ran appre ciate his motives in the vole he has given though, as cilitens of Ohio, we deeply regret the necessity that forced It upon him. The West look lo Mr. Clay as their friend nor have ihey ever looked in vain. His pulley is as broad as the bounds of the Union, endenr ing hitn alike lo the East and the West, the North and the South. When the present elnrm passes away when tho malign influences that now rest upon Ihe country, brnring it down in Ihe dust, and wneling its energies in partisan attacks, shall have been removed, then the policy of Mr. Clay ihe noble champion uf pnpulnr liberty and equal government will come in lo the relief of the country and Iho reiuvigoration of her councils anew. J7Senator Buchanan, of "Cuba standard" notoriety, in anticipation of the hard currency era, has sold nearly all his real estate, and others are following in his footsteps. This calls to mind Ihe fable of Ihe dog and Ail shadow. THE PROSPECT. Frequent inquiries are made of us by friends from different quarters, about the state of parties in particular States, and our prospect of success in the great struggle against the office-holders. We have looked over the whole ground carefully, and for the purpose of answering these inquiries, as well as to place our own opinion on record, we have prepared the following statement of the probable result of the approaching Presidential canvass. The States are classed under three heads: those set down as doubtful, are so placed because there has not yet been furnished, by any public expression, that kind or evidence on which we are willing to rely for a positive opinion. Most of them we feel a moral conviction will be found on the side of Reform, on the day of trial; but we are content lo leave them open as debateable ground for th present. GATHERINGS OF THE PEOPLE. BELMONT COUNTY. An immense mealing of the People of the Reserve The St. Clairaville Chronicle of 7th, says "Eve- took place in Portage county, at Ravenna, on the 3d ry Whig that was run for an office in this township. inst. It is estimated that FIVE THOUSAND vo- on Monday last, was Iriumphantly elected." This ters were in attendance. Delegations were preaent township has always been loeo-foco by from 30 lo CO from Trumbull, Geauga, Cuyahoga, and Stark coun- eltong. tios. The scene is described ae thrilling and enlhu- CUYAHOGA COUNTY. siaatic. The spirit of the People is roused, and loud A postcript in the Cleveland Herald of the Clh, an- shouls went up for Harrison, Tyler and Corwin ! nounees a glorious "Victory" io that township. Vote Flags, Music, curious devices and moltos, graced the for Justice only canvassed Whig majority 132! The procession. The multitude assembled in Ihe open air, Looos, smarting under their defeat al the charter eleo and was addressed by MessrB. Folger, Turner, Foot, tion.hadpromised to redeem the township. The Her- Keller. Ford and Sill GKORGE KIRKUM. ESQ., aid calls Ihia "Glnrv mmnijh for au dav ! " presided. The Reserve is coming the descendants Fur Reform. Ohio, Kentucky INew-York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode-Island, New-Jersey, Maryland,-Delaware, Indiana, Louisiana, - I note, Michigan, Fur Ihe Office-holders. 21 South-Carolina, 11 UCeorgia, 11 42 Arkansas, - 3 11 Mississippi, 4 7; Missouri, - - 4 8 Maine, 10 4iNew-Haiuphir, 7 10! 50 3i Doubtful. "Virginia, - - 23 5 Pennsylvania, 30 5, Tennessee, 15 3 Alabama, 7 North-Carolina, 15 154 90 Whole numherof votes, 294 necessary lo a choice, 118. The table above elects Gen. Harrison, and six to spare. From Ibis statement of Ihe result, we are not disposed to make tho least deduction. But of tho Stales set dor n as doubtful, suppose Virginia, or Pennsylvania, or any one of them, should move out of position and assume a positive stand for Reform, where from our list of certain States can the enemy supply Ihe loss? Not one of ihem can be shaken in their al liance, if the Whigs but barely do their duty and that we believe thry will do! Of the doubtful States, Mr. Van Buren does not stand as good a chance of se curing either of them, as he does of luting Georgia, should the Slate Rights party lake the field in foice. And if either of the large Stales put down as doubtful, should change position in favor of Ifarriton and Re form, Ihe die will be cast, and Mr. Van Buren will have Ihe mortification of being beat nlmoat without a how of strength. What a motive for exertion for perseverance for union, is here presented ! "A long pull, i strong pull, and a pull altogether," and the country is once more free! Too seldom, in these days, do we meet with such gratifying instances of honesty of purpose, and honorable opposition, as we find in Ihe following extract from Ilia Charleston Courier, an Administration paper. Amid the blackness of ingratitude that characterizes the great body of the Administration press, towards one who periled life, and endured the privations and hardships of war, to perpetuate Ihe liberty which they thus abuse; amid the cloud of evil genii thai cluster nround the name of Harrison, and cuii-centrale their powers of darkness in the unholy effort tu dim the fair fame he has lo well and so dearly earned, such examples shino out conspicuously, receiving additional lustre from the roulrast, and making more apparent the baseness of those who, for parly purposes, tax their ingenuity to slander one who is entitled to their gratitude Hear an honest man : "It has been rendered manifest, we trust, by our course hitherto, that we are not among those who, merely because we favor anulher candidate for tho Presidency, would villify Gen. Harrison, misrepresent liis views, or robhim if the laureli he earned to well, iy hie skill and prowess in the wan of our republic, both against the rulhtcu saraue and the haughty Itritnn, or the eirie wreath to which he htu to well entitled himself by hit eminent services in the civil line. We declare, in all sincerity of heart, that it affords us pleasure lo do jusiice lo Gen. Harrison. It is with graiifted, and not with reluciant feeling, therefore, that we open our columns lo the vindication of that tried and veteritn patriot against any charge affecting his fame." of the Pilgrims are buckling on their armour to do battle once more for the Rights of Man and Free Govern ment! MEETING AT ST. CLAIRSVILLE. Tin Wheeling Times of Ihe 7th, gives Ihe follow ing cheering account of the great meeting of ihe Peo ple of Belmont, on this side of the river, on the 4th, "exceeding any thing of the kind lhat has ever been seen in this section of the country. We have heard Ihe crowd estimated at from six to ten thousand, perhaps even more than Ihe last number were present. In MAKE llOOM FOR FAYETTE! Washinoton, Fayette Co. April 7. Dti Sib: Our election returns are in, being very large vote. The lines were lightly drawn in ev. ery township, particularly in this one (the head and front of locoism for thia county,) and the result is a complete rout of loco-focoism in every township in the county. The aggregate majority is about 200 the greatest gains in Ihe loco towns. What is remarkable, is the fact lhat the turn out on the part of the Whigs was voluntary; not a single meeting being (he procession 1200 men on horseback were couBted, held in the townships previous to the election, while our opponents had theirs in every township the week before Ihe election. LICKING COUNTY. " Nkwark, April 8, 1840. Dear Sia: Our township election on Monday last, in which til party lines were fully drawn, (tickets regularly nominated by each) shows a change since 1828 (Ihe last test vote in the township) of 2110 votes. The township polled 800 votes, and for Trus- aim ...Main nd ipr,ilil0 overthrow of majority in our Jnvor u al .' Accounts are equally favorable from other townships. So we go. I do not say we shall carry the county in October; H A Tin ISO V AT HOME' thr TEST' u' present appearanees are not deceptive, the The Cincinnati News of the 7lh, chronicles Ihe """'J must be revolutionized. and about one hundred well filled wagons and carria ges, besides the thousands upon thousands on foot. The procession was over two mile long, four deep. The meeting was addressed by several different per sona at the same time flags were waving in almost every house the windows were open, and the ladies were waving their handkerchiefs therefrom, and the whole village waa rilled w ith one enthusiastic im pulse towards the support of the Republican candidate for the presidency." These movements point to hut one reaul epoilers. "Glorious Triumph" of Harrison and Reform in Cincinnati, There were, says Ihe News, about 4,600 voles polled on yesterday, a greater number, if our recollection is right, than was ever given in this city before, not excepting the Presidential election of 1836. "We are aware thai thia election, although of a local character, has been looked to with intense interest, in every part of Ihe Union, as affording some evidence of the popularity of Gen. Harrison at home. The test was reluctantly made, by the friends of Old Tip In haste, yours, etc. STARK COUNTY. Canton, MrilT, 1810. To the Editor of the Journali Sii, A few days since, tht Whigs of Canton township resolved that wecoud and would beat the Vauites in their own den, at lite corporation and township elections and we leave dune it ! On Ihe 4th inst. ws carried every one of the 4 Wards elected pecanoe, because Ihere were many candidates on Ihe Johl! E,1" Mayor Whig Recorder and Van Buren ticket, that were unexceptionable, as to character and qualifications fur office. The result is, that Ihe average majority for "Old Tippecanoe," is SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SIYTY-THREE in Cincinnati, being nearly SEVEN HUNDRED more Whig Councilines, by a majority of 10. Yesterday, too, we carried our entire township ticket by an aver age majority of 30! The cause of old Tip is going on well in old Stark, changes are taking place daily, and we have strong than he had for President, and three hundred and fifty hor in October, of being able to give him a majori. more than has been given at any previous election for the last eight years." MORGAN COUNTY. Extract of a letter dated McConnelsville, April 7th: "Yesterday we held our township elections, and in this place Ihe Whigs tilmiiphed .j SO majority- whereas heretofore this township has been Van Buren. I'lio Vans were all confident till tho votes were counted offered to bet any thing lhat they should beat: But they have tasted the first of Ihe bitter fruit Ihey are destined lo taste more of in Ihe fall. We have heard of two heretofore Van Buren townships, lhat gave heavy Whig majorities yesterday. The Van Buren We shall shortly have a Log-Cabin up. Yours, in hasle. "MAINE 13 COMING." This is Ihe cry from our friends in Maine. And from lbs changes indicated by the leturns of the town elections, we are almost inclined lo think so too. But we have pul Iter duwn TWy In our estimate of Ihe grand result published to-day, and we shall let her remain there for Ihe present. Such, however, is the spread of the Harrison fire lhat we ahould not be sur prised to see Maine turn her back on ihe spoilers on Ihe day of trial and triumph. V Mr. John C. Hull exhibited to ns, Ihe other men have all got their heads in holes to day, and d,y , beautiful, blooming specimen of Rhododendron DESPERATION. Mr. Speaker Buchanan, in a instigation of his political friends for hesitating to carry out the principles of the parly in the repeal of Bank charters, declared lhat he did not flinch from Ihe responsibility, but waa prepared lo go for the unqualified and unconditional repeal of the charier of any Bank, or all Ihe Banks in the Stale, thai had transgressed Ihe law or violated its eharler; and as related to the repeal of the charter then under discussion, said "Ae would vote fcr it, if it shook Ihe whole mass of the Stale!" In perfect character willi this declaration, is Ihe spirit of Ihe following very sensible and politic resolutions, selected from. I number which are consistently similar, adopted by i club in Faitfield county: Resolved, That wo considor It a most odious di grace, and an evidence uf a mean ruid penurious principle, for a man nine lo forsake Ihe Democratic parly and support the Whig party because the only argument used by ihe Whigs why he should do so, is an appeal to ins fmekeh Jlesulnrd, I hat we will, as heretofore, take our stand. and that as boldly as ever, in Ihe political ranks, from principle let who will enlial on the dollar and caul system. Our Party, right or wrong!" is Ihe language of ihese political desperadoes. The resolutions are taken precisely as published in Ihe Ohio Eagle. PROSPECT FOR TAX-PAYERS. In the town of Bristol, Ontario county, N. Y. (heep- have been sold for one shilling a head (12) cents) to-pay firm. In Ohio, the Bank Reformers are driving uul nf circulation what little currency we had, and have forbid Ihe county Treasurers receiving what maybe left of il next fall for our taxes. What glorious limes the hard-mm.ey Office-holder, will have bs shaving ihe People and buying their cattle, when th time comes round to pay ihem their salaries! lI7The Legislature of Michigan adjourned on Ihe lal inat. The spirit of evil waa strong in the minority, and msnifested itself down lo the last hour of Ihe sesaion. The Tories, in the Senate, took advantage of the temporary ahsenre of some of the Whigs, and adjourned, without sending the usual messages, leav ing the House in session, and one or two important hills still in the hands of the Govcrnour. J Xew Republic The leaders of the re volulion in the northern provinces of Mexico, have formed a provisional government and declared themselves Independent of the central government. Thi s new rcpub lie bounds on the Rio Grande, which name Ihe republic has taken. Its territory adjoins an d lies southwest of Texas, embracing the richest gold, silver and copper mines of Mexico. This moveme nt will open i new sliugglo in which tho Anglo-Saxon race will let so important part. tbinklliat they are hid," McConnelsville, it will be remembered, is the place where Guv. Shannon first broke ground fur the cam paign, a few days ago. His arguments seem to have fallen on the barren ground. We shall have some-thing more lo say about this visitation, in which Mr Auditor Brough will appear in no enviable position PICKAWAY COUNTY. A letter from Circleville, April 7th, slates the Whig gain in that township and one other, at 220! In West- f.ill the Log Cabin Boys carried Ihe day by 216 last fall the Van Buren majority was 92! Pick-a-way "she hath a way keep moving! ROSS COUNTY. In Scioto township, including the cily of Chillico- Arboreum llybriduml species of the Laurel. We recommend the lovers of rare and beautiful shrub and flowers lo give him I call. Ma. Editor: I find ihe following in ihe Statesman of Ihe 3d inst. in reference lo the Post-Office at Rey- noldsburg: "Why was the Post-Oflice al Reynoldsburg uiriby the Whigs of this cily, if not to difraud the revenue? A Whig of this cily admits that their parly recently mailed 20,000 Whig Circulars at Reynoldsburg! Were ihey franked, or were they charged with letter postage!" No Win;; "r '""I hint so: and 1 pronounce the editor of Ihe Statesman I base and unprincipled liar, and dare him to the proof that such i statement was the. Whig majority 927 gain from last year 160! made lo him; and if he says thai I trtr franked a po-Jloth panics called out their entire strength, lilical document, he is the father of liars. I dare - . Creen majority for Harrison and Reform, 99. him to Ihe proof. Last fall, Ihe Van Buren Senator had a majority of 64. Liberty. For the first time, the Whigs have elected sua officer in this township the Van Buren majority for ilia balance of their ticket is one. Heretofore their majoiiiy has ranged from CO lo 100! No seri ous strife in any other townships, 1000 for Old Ross! JAMES C. REYNOLDS. Reynoldsburg, April 9, 1810, SCIOTO COUNTY. A letter lo the editor of ihe Scioto Gaieltc, dated at JcITord's, April 7, says "We had our township election yesterday, and the township gave 77 votes, The Whigs had 53 and Ihe Vanilrs 24. All Ihe vol ra wore present but eight; four on each side. Here ofore, the Vans have Always had from 10 lo 15 ma jority!" MIAMI COUNTY. TO THE VOTERS OF COLI'.MIH'S. Gcnti.kmbn : Many citizens of Columbus desirous of testifying Iheir regard for their fellow ciliien. Our friends claim SAMUEL MEDARY, for the part he took in en deavoring to gel Ihe seal of Imvemment removed from Columbus, to some other point, would beg lenva lo . I ML'ltl r..t. . w nominate gam itir.Lrnivi mr mo oince ot mayor. We have no doom lie win till tlio situation with hon or In the parly, and advantage tohim'rlf. He will ceive ihe entire vole of Ine Slippery-Klin Club, asset- tied in Tin Pan. !.U I S Of VOTERS, ILLINOIS, Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Illinois, dated Mnrtn J I, IN4U. "The public mind now is full of two engrossing subjects Ihe Presidency and Ihe currency, and there is no doubt, I think, none whatever, of the vote Newberry, heretofore a strong Van Buren town, has of this Stale. It will go decidedly (nt Harrison. The elected Ihe Whig ticket by 40 majority. Last year 48 P'P' ,l" funU?' '"""'J "f ,l,e '"H-fabine, , .. .. , r , , , are for linn. 1 he only strength of Ihe parly in pow- for Ihe spoilers. In Concord, Staunton and Newton, ip, , , ,owl. nj is k , ffoin',yi ' h. ma oh, im i.hik in nr, it on licu, iuj rjruiru ispinng politician anu ine oiuce-noiuers; nut even its Van Buren rulers, and has elected every officer of in " towns, with very few rxrepiions, the Whiirs in . L i .1 i . , ihe corporaiio Whig. The Ball rolls on! v" ' " "J "" '""J"", i irayeieti, 1 " m lately, shiiul 300 miles in the Male, and slept slmoal i VTi iM ni.-iirPMi.Tii every niilhl in farm-houses; and sin able to lav. from in... ...;.i. ....... ; u:i. ' " .i observation and actual.knowledge, as well as from Ihe ..r. ..r.u. m,.c. .,.,...,,-. . ,., p,n,0M 0r others, lhat Illinois Isascer-agem was employed, Ihe Spoilers were routed in Day- ujn for old Tip, as Indiana or Ohio. A lo Ihe cur- ton by 198 majority. Last fall the Whig majority rency, things will get worse, until after Ihe election' was one. There waa never so large i poll made in ") lo talk ahonl belter time, until public ., l f . i i ' r confidence is restored. Nn Hank, no matter how sol- tne lowusnip oviore. i ne oince-noiuers were sure 01 , M . , i( . 1W.,.. . . i. ... 1 . vent, or how well II Is conducted, ean sustain itself victory, Doasiiug oetore me canvass inai tney nau gm ,,( ,),(. direct assaults nt Ihe Government, and Ihe iu 250 illegal voles! This will do for a beginning in distrust which this opposition creates in the public old Monlgomery. Push on Iho ball! 'l'h election of Harrison will n'slore this con- . fidence, and will enable the Banks toon to brini JEFFERSON COUNTY. about a more heallby stale of things. You have no The news from this county io cheering. Our friend 'll1 baiikni.l-y and distress whtrh have fallen . . . T ,. i upon this country. In Ohio, by a lowr fonrse of tiros- Wilson is in excesstve good humour mint resun, ano cmmi(y M ,f mon;Mt well he might he. The entire gain fur Harrison and l0 bear adversity; but here, young men came with I it. Reform in the county, as far as heard from, is llius sis- tie cspiial, great enterpiii, and good characters, and ted: ORGANIZATION OF THB FRANKLIN COUNTY "STRAIGHT-OUT TlPPECJUfOE CLUB." The members of the Club assembled yesterday, April 9, in the open yard, in rear of the Eagle Coffee House, Columbus, for Ihe purpose nf organization. A dense crowd was present, nl 4 o'clock. One of the members, the proprietor of the Esgle, had, with his usual kindness and foresight, provided a barrel of ex cellent "HAJtoCiDiR," for the refreshment of those in Itendanee. The generous liquor was imbibed from a ooohd. In Ihe centre ef Ihe yard stood the miniature of "Fort Meiob," kindly bestowed to the Harrison-men of Columbus by Ihe Wood county delegation, at the Convention of the 22d of February. Above it floated two magnificent digs one exhibiting Ihe Bird of Liberty, and Ihe other the glorious Stripes and Stars; The Fort was appropriated as a rostrum for Ihe orators and the officers ol the Club. The Club was then temporarily organized by the appointment of A. Stottk, as Chairman, and N. Gbso-onr, as Secretary. Eloquent addresses were then de livered ny Messrs. J. G. Miller, J. W. Andrews, and w. u. uoyd. Ihe followincr Manifesto, of the subscribed mem bers of the Club, was then read : " STRAIGHT-OUT TIPPECANOE CLUB." The undersigned, believing; that the alory and pros perity of the American nation imperiously demand a change in the Executive Department of the Govern ment, have associated themselves together, under the style and appellation of the " Franklin County bTHAioiiT-OuT 1 ippbcanoi Club! ' Their intention is lo support the election of General William Henry u r... ik. d. n,L. ii.:..j U.-.-.. ... .u,-ui, iui iiiv idBiucoujF ui iiiu uimeu t-miea, oil true, genuine, and unflinching "Straioht-Out" Democratic and Anti-Aristocratic principles. They honestly believe lhat General Harrison is the friend of the land of his birth, and that he has no partialities fur those, who, in the language of Jefferson, "think they have come into the world, ready booted and spurred, to ride the honest and industrious poor f " I ne members ol Ihe "Slraignl-Uul Tippecanoe Club" have no desire to seek or confer office. Their duty will he a plain one it will embrace the grand fundamental principle of our glorious Declaration of National Independence "that Americans are born free and equal." They will give all their energies to the ele vation of Ihe Hero of l innecanoe to Ihe Presidential Chair, because they deem him eminently qualified for Ihe station because they know him to be honest and becauae Ihey know and feel thai Ihe present Ad-ministration of Ihe American Government is corrupt, ami-democratic, and opposed to all the interests of the iiiuiisiriuui sno enterprising classes. The principles proposed for ihe government of the Club, during its existence, are those which govorned the patriots of the American Revolution. Those principles need neither exnlanation nor amtilification. They are understood and appreciated by every Ameri can pamoi wnnnas not sullered lua love ol country to receive contamination from the sordid and selfish aris tocracy which has essayed to rule the nation, and which would endeavor to prostrate industrious poverty at the footstool of unfeeling opulence. The mem bers of this Club have no aspirations for office. They love their country and thev believe that General Harrison, II elected, is fully competent to brinir their country back to its original simplicity and purily. Lnera ronows i list or soma two hundred names, which cannot be published in this number of the Journal Aote bu the Editor. The Secretary, fro fen., then read the following pro- poaeo pian oi a uoniiiiuuoo, which was unanimously ouvpieu. CONSTITUTION or Tin "STRAIGHT-OUT TIPPECANOE CLUB." 8iraishl-Oul" Democracy la loo honest in us char acter and too direct in its purposes to require a mass of laws for ila government. A few plain, sensible, ana energetic principles ol action are all that Is re- quiatie for the direction of the "Straight-Outs" of franklin County. Article 1. Ihe officers shall be a President, two Vice Presidents, one Recording, and one Corresnon ding Secretary. Art. 3. All meetings of Ihe Club shall be at its own discretion. At each convocation of the Club. Ihe time when and the plats where of Ihe next, shall be decided by vote. Art, J. Ihe rresideut, by and with the consent of the Club, shall appoint an Executive Committee of five, the duly or which Committee shall be lo make all Ihe arrangements for the procurement of Club rooms, and transact all other business necessary to the comfort and good order of the Club. The Chairman or this l.ommitlee shall, while he fills the station, act as ihe I rrasorer of the Club. An. 4. A Corresponding; Committee, of which the t. orreapoiiiling Secretary ol Ihe Club shall be Chair man, shall be appointed In like manner as ihe Execu tive Committee, Ihe duty of which shall be lo corres pond with other llubs and persons; convey and re ceive information, and report the amount of their do ings and their acquired Information on each meeting of Ihe Club. Art, 5. Ten members, being preaent at an aitreed meeting of Ihe Club, shall eonslilutt t quorum for the transaction of business. Art. 6. Any voter of Franklin county, who is "slraighl-oul" for Harrison, Tyler, Corwin and Re form, can become a member of Una Club by signing inn Lonslilullon. I'll perinsnent orgsniaation of the Club waa then decided by vote, and resulted in the appointment of the luituwing olltcers: President Geo. Ki.piiinostiiNI. Vice Presidents JnstPH Litay, A. Stotts, Recording Secretary Jamks Allin. Corresponding Secretary Oram Follstt. On motion the Club look a recess fur two hours, and reassembled at the Hole) nf Mr. Whitehead, at 7 o'clock, P. M., where the Club waa again addressed by J, U. Miller, A. Kelley, and followed by Jonathan Phillips. l;aq., in a speech or thrilling interest. I he I hnirman announced Ihe fnllowinp committees: Ereeutire Ciimmitlee N. Gregory, J. Neeramer, J. Phillip. S. McClelland. T. Y. Miles. t)irrnoniinir (.bmmii'ra U. rolled, t 1j. lasey, A. S, Case. The follewing resolution were then proposed, and unanimously adopted : Resolrrd, That a committee of six be appointed to request of John G. Miller, John W. Andrews, W. U, Lloyd, A. Kellry, and Jonathan Phillip, r.tq.'s, co pies or tho several addresses delivered ly mem, al the organization of th "Straight-fhtt Tippecanoe Club," ror publication. Hetatred, l hat the proceeding ol th orgauixatlon of the "Strainht-Uul Ttimicanoe Cluh," be published in Ihe papers of th cily of Columbus, and all other papers friendly lo the cause of Harrison, Tyler, Cor win, and Kelurin. lictolred, That the "Strnigkt-Out Tippecanoe Cluh" meet on Saturday next, Ilia I tin Inai., at Mr. Aainttel Desrdtirff s, in Franklintnn, at ro clock, P. M. On mritinn. the Plnb sdlnurned. GEO. EI.PHIXGSTONE, Pre,. Jawfs Ali.in, Ree. .vc. REMARKS OF MR. CLAY, ON AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CUMBERLAND ROAD. Steubeavills township, Islsnd Creek, Kinithfteld, Wayne, Walls, - - ISO 47 6) 91 48 391 Harrison gain, . . . Mo Harrison loss In any township heard from. The inarch i onwatd ! finding a cuunlry uf wonderful retuurce, largely en tered into business on credit lh revulsion nf th times has broken ihem nearly all up, and involved litem in dehls from which Ihey w ill perhaps never recover. Amidst this general dlalreas, it is ennaolatory to reflect, that an all-wia Provide controls the af fair or men, and that good will grow out of it, al though, at present, unsee by o. I have not th least douhl Hint nations, u well as individual. quir seasons of adversity to bring llwut to a ssui of inetr proper u-"ny, THE WE.yi'llER. Tho following has been furnished as an "accural account of Ihe weather" from the 28ih of October, 18.19, till the close of March, 1810: From the 88A of October lo the dote of December Fair, 93 days; rainy, 13; snowy, 14; cloudy without fall of any kind, 13. January Fair, 8 days; rumy, 6; snowy, 1 1; cloudy, without fall, 6. February Fair, 10 days;. rainy, 8 cloudy without fall except a few flakes of snow, H March Fair, ID days; rainy, 7; cloudy without fall, 5; snowy, 3, The ahov account Include 156 days, of which 63 hav been fair, 34 rainy, 88 knotty, and 31 cloudy without norm of an; kind. Mr. Clav, of Kentucky, wished to say a few, and very few word cm this bill, and to assign, briefly, his reason for th vote against it, at this time, which he leit himself compelled to giv. ne naa always believed, and still belisved, io th existence of a power in the General Government to provide for th construction of work of Internal Improvement; but he had never thought it expedient to create a national Debt, in order to provide the way and means lo con struct them. It waa only when it could be don without inconvenience to th Treasury, lhat he had been willing lo concur in appropriation to that object. Of late years, considering how much the Stale have done for themselves, and how much had been contri buted by the General Government, in aid of them, under the act distributing the surplus revenue among them, he, for one, was willing to waive the exercise nf the power in respect to canala and roads, especially it a law could he passed to dtsinnute the nett proceed of ihe sales of the public lands. That would supply a fund, in perpetuity, abundantly sufficient for all de sirable objects of Internal Improvement, since president Jackson veto ol the Maysvilla and Lexington Turnpike road which In fact was but-a section of on inn of the Cumberland road th-operation of the Constitution of the United Stales, a lo the construction of artificial roads, has been suspend ed in all psrts of Ihe United States, except io the three state ol Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois. We have had, in effect, two constitutions of the United' Stales, on for those three States, and another for Ihe rest of the Union. For I repeat, what I have before said, that the proposed appropriations lo Ihe Cumberland road-are wholly indefensible but upon tho ground of the existence of a general power in the Constitution, authorizing works of Internal Improvement. And so I understand Senators, immediately interested in thia bill, lo maintain. It has been contended, indeed, that' the United States, as a great land proprietor, ha av .power le open roads, with a view to the sale and enhancement of the value of their land, and so they have. But no one can, I think, allege, thai, if that were the object, a road so costly as this would be made, ur that it has in fact been constructed with that view. It has appeared to us on th southwest aide of the- Ohio river, very hard thai, under a common Consti tution, our neighbors on the northwest side could hav constitutionally appropriated lha public money to the object of erecting these roads, whilat it would be unconstitutional to apply it to our. Ws hav felt th . injustice ol being taxed to supply the means ot constructing the roads of others, without any reciprocal taxation ol Ihem to assist lu making our roads. I his inequality ha made me heretofore, sine th veto of th Maysville and Lexington turnpike road, vote with great reluctance for appropriations to th continuation of th Cumberland road. That reluctance was increased by a knowledge of the fact thai th very Slates, which see:' 'hit .xcloslV bene constantly maintained Ihe Admiuisralion which originated and inflicted thi inequality. Nay. more, a majority of their delegations has been always opposed to. a distribution of lite proccds or the sales or the publio lands, by which other Stales, as well as themselves, might hav acquired the requisite fundi to construct) their works. Perhaps, after that veto, I ought not to have voiedi ' for any appropriation to th Cumberland road until the general power was restored, or an equivalent obtained. Bull hav voted fur such appropriation, and would have coniinued, for a lime, to do so, if w had possessed the means, without going into debt, and Ifi itie president and the Secretary ot th Treasury had, recommended the appropriation. I ho secretary of Ihe I reasury presents the annual eslimstes for the service of ihe current year. That for HIV uuuiueilaiitf ludU IB flirt Al.lTfligat llirin. - Holil h and the President urge the observance of Ihe strioiest. economy. The President goes o far as to intimsto . th use of thst veto, which, instead cf being a power of occasional and extraordinary use, has been too frequently exercised. The Treasury is literacy empty;-and we are called upon to borrow money, as th issu of Treasury notes is called, to supply meana for th current expenses of the Government. It Is under these circumstances lhat we are asked' to appropriate $225,000 to the Cumberland Road; and to force Ihe appropriation npon th Executive against ill wishes, and against all Ihe motives to economy which exist, and which have been ao earnestly,, and I hops sincerely pressed upon our consideration. We of the opposition hav been accused unjustly,, by th friends ef th administration, with swelling ine annual expenditures ot th Uovernmsnl, which have certainly reached a most extravagant amount. If we concur in th psssag of thia appropriation, contrary to what I suppose lo be the deur of ihe sd- muiistrsiion, so far a it goes, shall we not give color lo lha accusation to which I have referred! If the friends of Ihe administration wish the bill passed, they. nave majorities in uotn nouses aulltclent to pas tl, Aiiotner consideration operates very strongly with me to disiuad me at Ihe preaent time, from concurring in Ihe passage of this bill; and lhat is the necessity which I think exists, for a thorough inveaiigstion into lha esusea of lh extraordinary expendllur upon- ' this roaa in innse states, and especially in Indiana. I understand that the road has cost thirteen or fourteen thousand dollar per mile. And, after all that ha been already expended upon the work, it ha heen staled lhat it will require seven or eight million of dollars to complete it as far as th river Mississippi, now, sir, tut astonishing expendllur requires a most rigorous examination. To what is it owingt' I' think il is not explained by the alleged tardinea or want ol appropriations, and a consequent necessity or repair. When the tree on the sue of the road sre felled and removed, and th road is graded by filling, up valleys and cutting down hillt that wo.'lttmiHS--main unaffected seriously, by any use or neglect of ine roau. i net rcpaira necessary, in consequence of: Ihe prematura uee of the roach, can only require a trifling expense compared tolhs original cost of grading il. There must be some other cause of the enormous xpendilur upon thi rosd, and before we nuke fur-- tner and lavnh appropriations lo that ohiect, that causa ought to be probed and certainly and carefully. msceriniueu. Why, air, tine I). veto of the Maysville and Lex ington Road, wa have in Kentucky made upon our own meana, between four and five hundred mile of,' Mc Adamlted turnpik ruad, at an average coal not ex ceeding, 1 believe, six thoassnd dollars par mile.- Why should a mile of that description of rosd cost- on the Northwest side of the Ohio river more than double what it does on the ether side! And that, too,, notwithstanding th difference in tli character of th lauor on lha two sides or th river. Assuming; lh distance between Wheeling and St, Louis lo b about six hundred miles, one-half nf Ihn sum of eight millions ot dollars, now saw to ne necessary to complete th road, afler all lh immense expenditures-which hav been made upon II, ought to be sufficient, according lo the rate of cost of such roads in Ken tucky, to construct th wnoi roaa, u not a iirok of. work had been executed apon U. Under all these circamststice, Mr. President, 1 cannot, at Ihia lime, vote for the appropriations proposed in this bill, whatever 1 might have been disposed to do il in a mora auspicious stale of publis affair. 1 think thai il will he better lo remit th whole subject lo lha administration of President Harrison. Under lhat, an investigation can be made into the cause of lh vast coal of thi rosd, and a proper corrective will, no doubt, be applied. And hi identity, throughout almost his whole life, with the interests of the-three Stslc mora directly interested in th rosd, will secure for It a jusl and liberal patronage, Whether that patronage ahould be extended by a direct grant from Ihe public Treasury, by a divisi n among ail lh Slate uf lh proceeds of th sales of the public lands,, or by other meana, will then be fit subject of enquiry. And we may rest in perfect court lenc that lh administration which, with the aid of ihe 1'eopls and wilh lh blessing of God, wiU commence on lh 4th dsy of Msreh, in ihe year of our Lord 1841, will do, iu respect to this road, whatever may b deinsnJed by lh interest of lh pirlisulas Slat and of th whol Union. i i